Dad's happiness comes from years of self-sacrifice

By Michael Tsai

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 06, 2012

~~<p>Imagine Keoni Kahoano those first few weeks at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, one day pounding nails into a board for hours on end just to get the technique right, another sweeping inches-thick layers of dust from a warehouse floor because, hey, no one pays anyone to sit around.</p>
<p>Imagine Kahoano collapsing face first into bed those early nights, his body as confounded by eight hours of physical labor as by those new 5 a.m. wake-ups.</p>
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Imagine Keoni Kahoano those first few weeks at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, one day pounding nails into a board for hours on end just to get the technique right, another sweeping inches-thick layers of dust from a warehouse floor because, hey, no one pays anyone to sit around.

Imagine Kahoano collapsing face first into bed those early nights, his body as confounded by eight hours of physical labor as by those new 5 a.m. wake-ups. Login for more...